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“HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low carbon transport future.”
“It will provide much-needed rail capacity across the country, and is integral to rail projects in the North and Midlands – helping rebalance the UK economy.”1
Transportation accounts for 28% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Britain: its largest emitting sector2. In order to align itself with the UK government’s goals, HS2 declares that its system will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 by aleviating road congestion and providing an alternative to air travel.
Since the government-funded transportation project received another round of parliamentary approval to move forward with the planned route in 2017, Phase One (to link London and the West Midlands) has begun. HS2 was first put though UK government in 2012 with an estimated cost around £33 billion, a projection that has risen to £106 billion in 20203. Some calculations projct that even at its 120-year lifespan mark, the complex network’s construction and operation will not have been carbon neutral2.